[on Burt Lancaster] John Wayne was a great star. But he always played Wayne. Anything else he didn`t regard as manly. Now someone like Burt Lancaster is just the opposite. The living proof that you can be a sensitive actor and macho at the same time.
[on John Wayne] John Wayne was a star because he always played John Wayne. Frankly, he wasn`t an excellent actor, but good heavens, what a star! It wasn`t John Wayne who served the roles; the roles served John Wayne.